Wednesday May 26,1993 Vol. CXX, No. 3
Film a ‘Sliver’ and not too much else
"Sliver" is one of those films that offers a peek into what should be the complicated psyche of a voyeur, but reduces all subtleties and intricacies to sex and violence.
Diversions, page 5
Men’s tennis wins title over Georgia
Jon Leach serving, never breaking, tennis played on Georgia's floor; Title chasing, finally winning, NCAA champs evermore;
Quothe the Trojans, "Just one more."
Sports, page 12
In this new age of much safer sex
The old-fashioned concept of love has been taking quite a beating with the onset of new sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS. What's a romantic to do?
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Cinema school to screen ‘Dave’
The new hit comedy "Dave" directed by Ivan Reitman will be screened Friday, May 28, at 7 p.m. in Norris Cinema Theater.
The theater seats 340 people. Approximately 110 students and staff members from the School of Cinema-Television's Summer Production Workshop will be admitted first; other students will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis.
"Dave" co-star Frank Langella will speak about acting for the stage and screen following the film. There will also be a question and answer session.
Langella's other film credits include "Bram Stoker's Dracula" as well as many roles for the theater.
Next week's event will feature the film "Made in America" starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson. Director Richard Benjamin will be the guest speaker after the screening.
Upcoming films scheduled to be shown include "Posse" and "Bound by Honor."
FAST Forward
Ushering in the new at USC
Campus renovations cater to requests for more activities
By Lisa Heimlich
Co-Editor
Answering a request by University President Steven Sample to create more on-campus weekend activities for students, auxiliary services plans to redesign the underground portions of the bookstore, Commons and Topping Student Center, expanding services and extending operating hours.
Donald Mask, associate vice president for auxiliary services, said the first phase of the project, Pulse, will be a new copy center patterned after commercial establishments such as Kin-
ko's, featuring self-serve computing services, state-of-the-art duplicating equipment and computer technology developed by the 3M company.
The idea for Pulse originally stemmed from a student's management project in conjunction with the School of Business' Entrepreneur Program, Mask said.
Pulse is scheduled to begin operations during Welcome Week, and a grand opening is set to coincide with the start of the fall semester.
"The new system will use 'Post-it Note' technology to create posters," Mask said. "In ad-
dition, a new computer enhancement program will be installed by the 3M company."
Mask said the university will serve as the beta site for the prototype virtual reality technology, and 3M will be donating the equipment, estimated to cost $500,000.
"We will be receiving the cutting-edge of technology," Mask said. "The equipment will combine real-life imagery with computer software."
Mask also said that the computing facilities and laser printers in the new copy center may require a USCard and discre-
tionary plan system like the existing computing centers to allow the service to remain exclusively for students.
The new center will be located at the entryway to the bookstore on the ground level and will be connected to The Grill in Commons Basement. The Trellis flower shop will be relocated during another phase of the project. The location is yet to be determined.
Auxiliary services officials have been meeting with the Student Affairs I Auxiliary Services advisory group to deter-1 (See Pulse, page 11)
Area street committee debates construction
Student summer jobs eliminated
Budget shortfall creates auxiliary services layoffs
By John Y. Kim
Staff Writer
Roy Nwaisser Summer Trojan
Lane-widening construction on Figueroa Street just north of USC.
By Tracey M. Taylor
Staff Writer
Figueroa Street is a mess.
Not only are the sidewalks alongside fast food outlets and small businesses north of campus tom up, but the Hoover Project Area Committee is debating the construction's impact on the community.
On Thursday, May 13, the committee held its monthly meeting to discuss the ongoing expansion of Figueroa Street. As a result of construction on the Harbor Freeway-Transitway, the street is being widened to ease the heavy traffic loads from the 110 Harbor Freeway.
According to George Y. Haya-kawa, senior transportation engineer for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the 110 Freeway project will extend a total of 19.6 miles from San Pedro to the Santa Monica Freeway. The Harbor Freeway will be widened from six lanes to eight lanes from San Pedro to Pacific Coast HighWay.
A new transitway currently under construction on the 110 Freeway will accomodate car-pools, buses and a light rail line in the future. It will also include 2.6 miles of elevated lanes and a viaduct will allow the transitway (See Street, page 2)
To save department resources, auxiliary services laid off approximately 25 student employees until at least July 1 due to significant budget shortfalls at the end of this fiscal year.
"Budgets have been extremely tight this year," said Donald Mask, associate vice president for auxiliary services. "We have not had a room or board increase in two years."
Mask attributes the layoffs to the decreasing freshman enrollment, which creates a high vacancy rate in university-owned housing complexes and a decrease in spending in dining outlets and the bookstore.
According to Carl Levredge, executive director of transportation services, there were four factors that can be attributed to the shortfall.
"The four factors include the continuing decrease in student enrollment, fewer employees working for the university, more
Eeople involved in ridesharing, which ■ads to fewer people needing to commute to work," Levredge said. "We have always
Escort Service and other offices in auxiliary
had these problems, except this year this occurred in a greater proportion than what was planned."
Budgets are usually determined during the spring preceding the next fiscal year.
"When planning for the 1992-93 year, the problems we are experiencing now were not expected, so what we are trying to do is to cover the shortfall," Levredge said. "One of the ways we are doing this is reducing levels of staffing with casual and student workers
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services have laid off student summer workers.
during the summer months, and by consolidating various activities."
Levredge also said that despite the layoffs, using student employees still remains a main priority.
"We made an effort to use our student labor force in various activities. Generally speaking, a lot of student workers are aware of the slow period during the summer months, and they inform us of their avail-
(See Jobs, page 10)